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100 1 _aCampbell, Donald,
_d1751-1804
245 1 2 _aA journey over land to India
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2024-10-11
508 _aPeter Becker, KD Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"A Journey Over Land to India" by Donald Campbell is a historical account written in the late 18th century. The narrative unfolds through a series of letters to Campbell's son, detailing his travels and experiences while making a journey from Europe to India, including his shipwreck, imprisonment by Hyder Ali, and subsequent transactions in the East. The book likely explores themes of adventure, survival, and the complexities of intercultural exchanges during a tumultuous period of colonial expansion. At the start of the journey, Campbell reflects on his motivations for undertaking this arduous trek, prompted by personal and financial difficulties following the death of his children and a lack of support from his father. The opening letters reveal his emotional state as he embarks on the journey from London, filled with foreboding yet accompanied by a fellow traveler, General Lockhart. His depiction of various locales, like Ostend and Bruges, sets the stage for a rich commentary on the political and cultural landscapes of the places he traverses, while also emphasizing the importance of education and moral reflection as he documents his adventures. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: Cullen, 1795
653 _aVoyages and travels -- Early works to 1800
653 _aAdventure and adventurers -- Early works to 1800
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/journeyoverlandt00camp
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74558
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